The inclusion of human rights in encryption is not optional, it is essential star-news.press/wp

Opinion: Shady El Damaty, co -founder of Human.tech

In addition to the noise of acceleration and technology circles, a quiet crisis sticks to confidence in emerging techniques.

Crypto and Dependralized identity solutions still involve huge potential to empower individuals and energy distribution – but many builders and users look alarm. The disappointment stems from real fears: transgressing monitoring, and decentralization is disguised as innovation and tools that serve strength, not people.

This conversation is no longer theory. From Deepfake and the impersonation of Amnesty International to the proposals of the biological identifier supported by the state and the European Union’s International Union Law, digital rights are defined in actual time, and often without general approval.

In this climate, the question is not whether human rights will be included in encryption systems, but for how long we should.

The root of the problem is not a technique in itself, but the values included in its design. The legitimacy of the future Crypto depends on the inclusion of human rights in its structure.

Principles such as self-need, personal mark and privacy should not be treated as optional features-the requirements of any system claim to be advanced human freedom must be treated.

Reorting the autonomous body as centered around man

If we fail to include ethical principles in protocols now, we risk re -creating the same strength dynamics, and it was supposed to be disrupted.

Self -friction has always been the cornerstone of encryption. Central exchange failures-such as those that led to the collapse of FTX- and the challenges of use of many current nursery tools about the presence of a critical gap: most of the self-friction solutions are not based on people; It has been designed for energy users.

To be widely applied, the next generation of nursery must keep the user control without sacrificing access. Lost keys, mysterious facades, fragile backup copies are unacceptable if the goal is to enable the real user. The future of custody depends on the design that balances safety, simplicity and sovereignty.

A global figure as a digital necessity

With the growth of robots more persuasive and the interactions created from artificial intelligence on the web, proving that you are a person who has become more complicated and more important. We need ways to verify humanity without prejudice to privacy or individual autonomy.

The state -run biometrics and corporate accreditation systems are serious risks. Instead, the decentralized and resistant personality systems must enable individuals to prove their humanity without surrender. This is the basis for confidence, integrity and integration into digital space.

Privacy should be virtual, not correction

Data monitoring and behavioral tracking is a web2 legacy. Web3 has the opportunity, commitment, to break this style. Privacy is often treated as an addition instead of a built -in right.

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Privacy separately means designing systems that reduce data collection and encrypt by design and maintain autonomy in storing and using data. The vision should not be virtual. Each system must start from the hypothesis that the user protection is a feature, not a switch.

Treating risks without giving up responsibility

Some critics argue that the inclusion of values in systems can bring counter -results and that moral frameworks may be chosen or politicized. This is a real concern. It is still not an excuse for the contracts. The design of the transparent system, open governance, and pluralistic alignment mechanisms can reduce these risks and help ensure that protocols remain responsible for users, not only founders or investors.

Web3 provides tools, if built with responsibility, can weaken decentralization, enable societies and resist misuse. These capabilities will not be achieved unless the builders include rights consciously in the protocol instead of trying to modify ethics after launch.

We are at a turning point. Human rights can no longer be treated as external handrails. Digital infrastructure operating principles should become. This is not a philosophical luxury; It is necessary for design.

The window is open, but narrowing. If we want a digital future that serves humanity, then the time to include our values in the code now.

Opinion: Shady El Damaty, co -founder of Human.tech.

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